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cham

[ kam ]

noun

  1. an archaic variant of khan 1.


cham

1

/ kæm /

noun

  1. See khan
    an archaic word for khan 1


Cham

2

/ tʃæm /

noun

  1. ChamChams a member of a people of Indonesian stock living in Cambodia and central Vietnam
  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian family

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cham1

C16: from French, from Persian khān; see khan 1

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Example Sentences

The first real guitar I had, Mr. Cham Fields, who owned a roadhouse, gambling house, and W. C. Handy gave it to me.

Brag not too much, for fear I should expect it, Then if you fail—Cham.

We have no writer with a more genuine literary flavour about him than the great Cham of literature.

And on account of this Cham, this emperor called himself chan and sovereign of all the world.

And of that generation of Cham are come the Pagans, and different people that are in islands of the sea about India.

Pres′ence-cham′ber, -room, the chamber or room in which a great personage receives company.

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